gains tax. it's a bad time to move into apple. things like intel. something that the market beat up all year, you know, in the name of it being old world p.c. i think it -- push it to a point where the valuations are reasonable. stuff -- some of the utilities like s.o., aep, hit hard for tax reasons. when the new year starts, i think people will start moving back into those. i think there's things to buy. >> jim, it sounds like you're saying risk on as we approach january 1. i want to talk about the vix. i know that you watch that closely. we're watching it sitting under 20 now. not near the highs we saw when we were dealing with the debt ceiling debate. what's different about the fiscal cliff and what we were seeing then that's keeping the vix so low now? >> well, i think what it is is that the market's come to the realization that the budget thing is going to be clumsy. but at the end of the day, the fed is still prepared to inject more liquidity if things start to look bad. we have this push/